Everything that PAS does is wrong

By MT Webmaster Last updated Oct 21, 2015

Actually, the Chinese supported DAP and not PAS from the very beginning. The only reason the Chinese voted for PAS was because DAP told them to. A vote for PAS is a vote for DAP, or a vote for DAP’s friend. In that same spirit the Malays voted for DAP for the same reason. So the question is: will PAS lose more Chinese votes than DAP losing Malay votes? Time, of course, will tell.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

“Is Hadi’s courtship of Perkasa a mistake?” asked K. H. Su in an article published in Free Malaysia Today (READ HERE). In that article, Su said:

Hadi Awang, who for so long unabashedly played footsie with UMNO, even when his party was still in Pakatan Rakyat, has now found a new bedfellow in Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa.

His footsie culminated in a big hug from ex-foe turned buddy Ibrahim two days ago in their press conference when they announced the co-operation between PAS and Perkasa on 3 matters, namely 1MDB, Sosma and TPPA.

While the coming together of two Malay-Muslim organisations is not unusual, this one continues to set off wagging tongues because of their disparate struggles.

Su’s comment is mischievous and misleading. What does he mean that Abdul Hadi Awang is playing footsie with Umno? Both those from the opposition as well as those from the government sit in the PAC. Is DAP’s Tony Pua playing footsie with Umno? Why would those from DAP and PKR want to sit in a committee which has members from those in Umno?

And did Lim Kit Siang not call upon the Members of Parliament from Umno to join the opposition in a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister? Is Lim Kit Siang playing footsie with Umno? And what about Lim Kit Siang’s proposal that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (all Umno leaders) jointly run the country (after ousting Najib)? Is Lim Kit Siang playing footsie with Umno?

Su then said:

PAS, since its inception, has been unwavering in its struggle for an Islamic State and social justice, at times to the exclusion of race from their agenda. Their late spiritual leader the redoubtable Nik Aziz even offered to protect non-Malays when some quarters in Umno were belligerent.

Perkasa instead, was set up in the wake of UMNO’s abject performance in 2008 to protect Bumiputera interests.

In condemning Hadi and praising the late Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Su forgot that the current Hudud controversy is regarding the Shariah Amendment Bill that was passed by the Kelantan State Assembly at a time when Nik Aziz was the Kelantan Menteri Besar and the party’s spiritual leader.

We must also not forget that Nik Aziz said PAS opposes Umno because Umno opposes Hudud and the Islamic State. If Umno can accept Hudud then PAS does not even need to exist. PAS, in fact, can be closed down and all the Malay-Muslims can join Umno.

And what is wrong for Perkasa to uphold Bumiputera interests? Do not Chinese, also, have many associations, societies and movements that fight for Chinese interests, education being one of them? Then we have Hindraf that was set up to fight for Indian interests.

We can disagree with their perjuangan but do they not have a right to exist even if they may be wrong in their views and assumptions? And is this not what democracy is all about? I mean, I may disagree with the doctrine that Jesus is the Son of God but that does not mean I have to ask that churches be closed down and not be allowed to exist.

Su further said:

For PAS, the scenario will not be as rosy. PAS has in the past been at odds with Perkasa on several racial and religious issues. When Perkasa was threatening PAS was reassuring. While Ibrahim Ali has been taunted a ‘katak’, Nik Aziz was venerated as principled and incorruptible.

PAS may be at odds with Perkasa on several issues, as Su said. But then DAP is also at odds with Umno and yet DAP can cooperate and work with Umno on selected issues in spite of disagreeing on many other issues — the move to oust the Prime Minister as one example.

And was it not Nik Aziz who gave Ibrahim Ali a PAS seat to contest in Kelantan, which he won in spite of him being a ‘katak’ even at that time?

Hadi is being accused of not being a team player and of not respecting the spirit of the opposition coalition — in particular regarding the Kajang Move and the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis. However, as Anwar Ibrahim and PKR have been reminding us time and time again, the spirit of the opposition coalition is that they will agree to disagree. That means it is not wrong to disagree.

The other spirit of the opposition coalition is that they do things on consensus. Hence if they cannot come to a consensus then it does not become the opposition policy. Then, again, they can agree to disagree.

The Kajang Move and the subsequent move to oust Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim was a unilateral move by PKR and not something done on consensus. PAS, therefore, does not need to support this move since there was no consensus. PAS has a right to disagree with that move in the spirit of they have agreed to disagree.

No doubt DAP finally agreed to support this move after Tony Pua had publicly announced that Khalid is the best Menteri Besar, the most hard working Menteri Besar, the cleanest Menteri Besar, and so on. But then they want to oust Khalid because, according to them, he is a crook.

Were police reports made against Khalid? Was he arrested and charged for any crime? What crooked deed did he commit? And does Tony Pua now withdraw all those nice things he said about Khalid?

Su is either a liar or totally ignorant about political developments in Malaysia. Everything he said is absolute nonsense.

Su said, “PAS has declared that they still have the Chinese support despite their divorce from DAP. If it is so, then Ibrahim Ali may be the straw that breaks the Chinese backs.”

Raja Petra Kamarudin RPK